Brief Life History of Agnes Wanda
When Agnes Wanda McKay was born on 1 November 1921, in Greene, Tennessee, United States, her father, Clarence Lafayette McKay, was 22 and her mother, Katie Lee Neas, was 23. She lived in Greeneville, Greene, Tennessee, United States for about 10 years. She died on 19 April 2007, in Greene, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in GreeneLawn Memory Gardens, Greeneville, Greene, Tennessee, United States.
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- Agnes Mckay in household of Clarence Mckay, "United States Census, 1940"
- Agnes Wanda McKay Hawkins, "Find A Grave Index"
- Agnus Wanda McKay in entry for John Michael Hawkins and Kathleen Renee Gibson Somers, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
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1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
1931 · The Parthenon is Built
In 1931, a full scale replica of the Parthenon in Greece was erected in Nashville, Tennessee. The Parthenon was meant to be temporary, but became a permanent part of Tennessee culture. It also has a replica of the statue of Athena the Goddess of War.At the same time a city over Memphis built giant pyramid replica to remind everyone what the city was named for.
1944 · The G.I Bill
The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.
Name Meaning
Scottish and northern Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Aoidh ‘son of Aodh’, an old personal name meaning ‘fire’. Etymologically, this is the same name as McKee , McGee , McCoy , and McHugh .
History: This is the surname of several Irish and Scottish families, including Clan Mackay, a Highland clan traditionally associated with Sutherland in the far northwest of Scotland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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